Picture a robot. What comes to mind? Perhaps a droid from Star Wars or The Jetsons: a machine that can move, speak and perform tasks all by itself. Or maybe your imagination jumps to humanoid robots à ...

Neurotic robots are a staple of science fiction. One study recently found that neurotic traits in a robot can make them seem more relatable. In science fiction, robots can be neurotic. Think "Star ...

The viral marketing campaign for the forthcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 includes a website for The Guild, a fictional defense contractor moving into the civilian market with the ominous slogan "End ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers have created Clio, a new technology that enables robots to intuitively identify relevant areas of a scene based on specific tasks. The tech helps ...

It’s not armed, but this “RoboCop” is keeping cars and pedestrians in line on Shanghai’s busiest streets. A humanoid robot dressed like a police officer manned a busy intersection in Shanghai’s ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

The race to build intelligent, autonomous robots is accelerating, with capital flowing into sleek prototypes and promising demonstrations across Silicon Valley, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou. Yet, beneath ...

In a development that completely demolished the line between robotics and reproductive science, China’s Kaiwa Technology made headlines this week for saying it had introduced humanoid robots equipped ...

Tesla's Optimus robot served popcorn at its new diner, moving humanoid tech from hype to reality. Here's why it marks a new line in the sand. Read Full Article » ...

The artificial intelligence boom, which has brought techies flocking back to the city, has fueled a resurgence of live — and sometimes futuristic — events.